{"id":517,"date":"2022-12-11T23:24:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T23:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/introduction-to-karst-aquifers\/?post_type=part&#038;p=517"},"modified":"2022-12-13T05:10:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T05:10:54","slug":"hydrogeologic-characteristics-of-karst-aquifers","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/introduction-to-karst-aquifers\/part\/hydrogeologic-characteristics-of-karst-aquifers\/","title":{"raw":"3 Hydrogeologic Characteristics of Karst Aquifers","rendered":"3 Hydrogeologic Characteristics of Karst Aquifers"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"hydrogeologic-characteristics-of-karst-aquifers\">\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal\">In general terms, a karst aquifer can be identified as an aquifer in which permeability, flow, recharge, and storage characteristics have been created or modified as a result of dissolution by naturally occurring acidic fluids, such as rainwater that combined with carbon dioxide to form a weak carbonic acid. To many, the term \u201ckarst aquifer\u201d is virtually synonymous with limestone aquifer due to the latter\u2019s susceptibility to dissolution and widespread geographical occurrence, but other carbonate rocks such as dolostone, chalk, marble, and soluble non-carbonates (evaporites) such as gypsum and anhydrite, are also subject to varying degrees of karstification and may exhibit hydrogeological characteristics typical of karst aquifers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"hydrogeologic-characteristics-of-karst-aquifers\">\n<p class=\"import-Normal\">In general terms, a karst aquifer can be identified as an aquifer in which permeability, flow, recharge, and storage characteristics have been created or modified as a result of dissolution by naturally occurring acidic fluids, such as rainwater that combined with carbon dioxide to form a weak carbonic acid. To many, the term \u201ckarst aquifer\u201d is virtually synonymous with limestone aquifer due to the latter\u2019s susceptibility to dissolution and widespread geographical occurrence, but other carbonate rocks such as dolostone, chalk, marble, and soluble non-carbonates (evaporites) such as gypsum and anhydrite, are also subject to varying degrees of karstification and may exhibit hydrogeological characteristics typical of karst aquifers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-517","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/introduction-to-karst-aquifers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/introduction-to-karst-aquifers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/introduction-to-karst-aquifers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/introduction-to-karst-aquifers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":693,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/introduction-to-karst-aquifers\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/517\/revisions\/693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/introduction-to-karst-aquifers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/introduction-to-karst-aquifers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=517"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/introduction-to-karst-aquifers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}